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London, John Murray, 1938 (reprint December 1938), frontispice portrait, 455pp. original linen binding with original illustrated dustwrapper, some damage to top, bottom and corners of dw, Daniele Varè (12 January 1880 – 27 February 1956) was an Italian expatriate diplomat and author, most famous for the China-set novel The Maker of Heavenly Trousers (1935). He is also wellknown for this book, the Laughing Diplomat his autobiography as Italian diplomat.